Camouflage: Being Invisible in the Open Ocean

نویسنده

  • Thomas W. Cronin
چکیده

Animals inhabiting the open ocean often conceal themselves by being highly transparent, but this transparency is compromised by light that is scattered and reflected from the body surface. New research shows that some midwater crustaceans use antireflection coatings to enhance their invisibility.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016